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Starting Vein-To-Vein ECMO Life Support

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 33946

Covers the physician work of setting up and starting an external machine that draws blood from a vein, adds oxygen and removes carbon dioxide, then returns the blood to a vein. This form supports failing lungs while the patient's own heart continues to do the pumping. It covers getting the support running, not the day-to-day management afterwards.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Starting Vein-To-Vein ECMO Life Support cost?

$2,383

Typical total for the visit. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,383 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$513 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$617 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $490 to $19,498Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $372 to $851
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $646

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$37,153.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,187.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Nebraska· 12th of 51

$2,383

$646 physician + $1,738 facility

AK $5,496MD $901

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.